Delaware 2010 Election Results Explained: Democrats' Massive Voter Registration Drive

But she was on the ballots in those years and she had a shot at making her case to the people both in the primaries where she ran and in all three generals. Good bad or indifferent she apparently isn’t what the voters of DE want for their senator no matter how bad one wishes it otherwise.

>>Turnout is what caried the day. The Dem Voters turned out... either because the Dems GOTV effort was super or the Voters came out to vote agains O’Donnell.<<

So Delaware is unique in that the state had HIGHER RAT turnout while every other state had LOWER RAT turnout. Sure, I believe that; just like I believe that all those “voters” were legitimate.

I’m really curious as to when RINOs and RATs are going to stop attacking O’Donnell, her family, her staff, her volunteers, her hairstyle, her clothes, etc.

The whole point of the article is that the DE GOP has failed and failed miserably in registering new voters. They are incompetent and MUST be ousted.

deport blathers: The voters in DE have spoken to COD in 06, 08 and 10 about her as their Senator. She ran in the General election in those years for Senator and was rejected. Some people don’t get the message.

You mean like Ronald Reagan did not get the message? Where did this silly idea come from that one must win the first time they run for office? The opposite is the norm. Your assumption is silly. Ronald Reagan did not win the Presidency the first time he ran.

In 2006, Christine was not the nominee of the Party. JAN TING WAS THE GOP INSIDER'S HAND-PICKED CHOICE. JAN TING LOST 29% TO 70% TO TOM CARPER. Two years later the official GOP nominee for US Senate was part of the campaign for Barack Obama for President, and was kicked out of the Republican Party. So the GOP insider's pick for US Senate campaigned for the Democrat two years later. Way to go, GOP elites. You can really pick 'em.

In 2008, CHristine was the official nominee of the Republican Party for US Senate. Joe Biden spent around $4.8 million in the US Senate race against CHristine O'Donnell, who spent around $118,000.

Christine O'Donnell won about the same percentage of the vote as John McCain won in Delaware for President. So Christine O'Donnell equaled a moderate with decades of experience and name ID in the US Senate, John McCain.

In 2010, the party engaged in the most savage and indefensible attacks on one of the primary candidates. This attracted national media attention, because journalists love stories of Republicans attacking Republicans. GOP moderates destroyed the election in Delaware. They failed to engage in voter registration and party building. And they did the Democrats' work for them.

napscoordinator wrote: I would love the statistics from July to November 2008. I bet the super majority are from that period.

Unfortunately, the Delaware Department of Elections did not report the data that way.

However, I'll take your bet. How much do you want to bet?

The story came about from reports that the Democrat Party had 22 people dedicated over the last year -- that is at the END of this period, from late 2009 to 2010 -- registering massive numbers of people to vote Democrat. The reason for looking at the data was reports from the ground that Democrats engaged in massive party building in Delaware... which Republicans DID NOT do.

Tom Ross utterly failed to engage in the core jobs of GOP Party Chairman... party building including voter registration drives.

Turnout is what caried the day.

An 11% increase in Democrat voters will result in increased Democrat voter turnout. What part of that don't you understand?

If the total number of Democrats registered to vote increases, adn the same percentage of them turns out to vote, the total number of Democrat votes will be 11% higher than previously -- simply because there are more Democrats available to vote (at the same rate)

The Dem Voters turned out... either because the Dems GOTV effort was super or the Voters came out to vote agains O’Donnell.

There is absolutely no evidence -- only biased speculation -- that Democrat voters turned out to vote against O'Donnell ins ome unique way.

Why don't we go with what we actually KNOW instead of wild speculation:

1) The attacks by GOP insiders against their own nominee were absolutely extraordinary and unique in Delaware, and these continued up through election day at least behind the scenes.

2) The entire country knew that control of the US Senate was at stake, including the Obama agenda. Democrats turning out to vote to save (from the Democrat perspective) Obama's agenda and control of the US Senate is a KNOWN factor far more obvious and far more motivating. Those Democrats would have turne dout to vote against Mike Castle as eagerly as against Christine O'Donnell.

Although Mike Castle has been elected before, NEVER in the context of deciding control of the US Senate between Republican and Democrat.

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